31 August 2010

On this day in history


It may seem like any other Tuesday and you may know that on this day in . . .

1887 Thomas Edison patented his movie camera

1895 1st pro football game was played

1920 Belgium started paying old age pensions

1954 the U.S. Census Bureau was formed

1972 Olga Korbut won an Olympic gold medal

1974 The Partridge Family TV show ended

1997 Princess Diana died in a car crash


. . . but you may not know that the most important thing that happened on this day is . . . Randi was born!

Happy Birthday, Randi!

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